10 Basra Refinery
Hamad Khalil loads tanker trucks at a station in the refinery, which then take the fuel oil into Basra and elsewhere in southern Iraq. He’s been doing this job for 28 years. He makes 400,000 Iraqi dinars a month, and supports 14 people at home, including 5 daughters and 3 sons.

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